Thesaurus: profane

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1. a. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
2. a. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
3. a. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
4. a. word/irreverent">Irreverent in word/language">language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
5. a. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
6. a. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
7. adj. characterized by profanity or cursing
8. adj. not concerned with or devoted to religion
9. adj. not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
10. adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
11. v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
12. v. violate the sacred character of a place or language